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Throttle body removal

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  • Start date Start date Mar 19, 2004
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88GTCONV

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Ive got everything disconnected, but its not budging. any ideas on how to get it seperated from the intake
 

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pull harder? ;P

it might be stuck becuase of corrosion. ideally it should just slide right off the studs.
 

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get a flathead and open it up a bit...
 

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BIG Rubber Hammer - the one you use to pound hubcaps back on.
 

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Rubber mallet - give it a "percussion adjustment"...
 
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